Alice Meynell's Quote - Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlet

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Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. – Alice Meynell

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There is nothing in the world more peaceful than apple-leaves with an early moon. – Alice Meynell

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The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. – Alice Meynell

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Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results we value it in the act. – Alice Meynell

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